Rod for display-racks.



'No. 650,680. Patented May 29., I900.

' M. A. HEIMANN.

ROD FDR DISPLAY RACKS.

(Applicatioh filed Aug. 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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"' NITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

MORRIS A. IIEIMANN, OF ST. IOUIS, MISSOURI.

ROD FOR DISPLAY-RACKS.

SPECIFICATION formin part Of Letters Patent No. 650,630, dated. May 29,1900.

Application filed August 28, 1899. Serial No. 728,712. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MoRRIs A. I-IEIMANN, of the city of St. Louis, Stateof Missouri,- have invented certain new and usefnlImproveinents in Rodsfor Display=Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming apart hereof.

This invention relates to rods for displayracks; and it consists of thenovel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed Thefigure is a side elevation showing my improved rod and its applicationto a suitable support. 7

In the construction of this device, as shown,

I provide a continuous rod 1, bent into a plurality of obverse andreverse curves or scallops 2,1by which are formed recesses 3, theentrances to which are narrower than their base and which are for thepurpose of supporting'cross-bars 4, on which are to be placed variousarticles for display. On one end of the continuous rod 1 is formed ahalf-circle hook 5, and on the other end of said rodand .bent oppositelyfrom the hook 5 is an ellip ticallyshaped hook 6. The tip of each of thesaid hooks is provided with a knob, which knobs are for the purpose ofpresenting a neat and finished appearance.

7 indicates a suitable support of ordinary construction, the same beingprovided with a plurality of apertures through which the hooks 5 6 maybe passed, the said rod being held laterally in position by means of theradially-arranged flanges 8. When so arranged, the rod will be supportedin any ad- 3' ustment in which it may be placed, the hooks bindingagainst the inner surfaces of the aperture in which they are held.Different adjustments of the rod are shown in dotted lines in thedrawing.

I claim- As an article of manufacture, a corrugated rod formed with aseries of obverse and reverse curves or scallops 2 by which are formedrecesses 3, the entrances to which recesses are smaller or narrower thantheir base\or bottom, an elliptically-shaped hook 6 on one end of saidrod and a half-circle hook 5 on the other end of said rod, and formedoppositely from the former of said hooks, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS A. HEIMANN.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EICKS, MAUDE GRIFFIN.

